Overview

• Snopes confirmed a Chicago Sun-Times photo by Ashlee Rezin showing agents deploying tear gas and pepper balls at Rev. David Black outside ICE’s Broadview facility.
• Storyful-verified video shows Black being struck in the head by a pepper-ball round during the Sept. 19 protest, with additional hits reported by the pastor.
• The ACLU filed a lawsuit over federal actions at Broadview, and Black joined the case this week alleging violations of First Amendment rights.
• DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin disputed the circulating clip’s context, saying protesters blocked an ICE vehicle, ignored warnings, and later threw objects and launched fireworks.
• The clashes occurred during DHS’s ‘Operation Midway Blitz,’ which officials say led to hundreds of detentions regionwide; about 10 protesters were arrested outside Broadview on Sept. 19 and released the next day.